Chapter 1000

“Let me give you a ride,” Bruce stood up.

Thalassa’s heart clenched at the proposal, her entire body vigilant.

She didn’t need Bruce’s charity at all. Was this another one of his veiled threats?

“It’s just a short walk, and there’s no need for a ride. Please just sit down and eat!” Lucy griped. She grabbed Bruce’s wrist and pulled him back down to the dinner table with a force that brooked no argument.

Bruce didn’t dare to protest Lucy’s assertiveness. Arguing over such a trivial matter was not worth the hassle, especially when it would just lead to Lucy dredging up the past.

Bruce sat back down reluctantly.

Lucy shoved a fork into his hand, “Just keep eating.”

Bruce slumped in his chair. He looked unhappy. His disdain for Lucy had reached its maximum, and he yearned to be free from her right now.

had him in a vice

knew he was nothing without

to suppress his revulsion, go back to play the devoted

Bruce’s place, got into her

the open asphalt road, Thalassa finally

so constricted, was

on the steering wheel tightened as she fought to calm

her possession. She would simply just request Atticus to hack into Bruce’s phone

could be free, no longer threatened by Bruce, and her mother wouldn’t have to face the psychological torment of the video’s release. Thalassa

grab a bite at a nearby diner and then pick up the kids from daycare; it would time

from the daycare

in her booth to wait for her food, idly

to see you again

in her phone until a tall

turned around and caught sight of the tall figure. It was a man

exclaimed, surprised.

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